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KING GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE Judge Reed Hears Plea of Attorne. R. Attorney Douglass made a motion that ! Jjudgment be entered on the verdict,|horlided in his favor. = Although I am i’ favor of the man, I-cannot bring self to, be.in fayor of the accused's. attorriey on a jail sentence of one year oy with-him placed on probation and ‘al- Mr. Douglass said: “T have become|lowed to enter the army. This would establish ‘a precedent which might be used .again and I cannot favor it. I | asking for leniency. Attorney Douglass Pleads For-Lenien-, hardened in my past court experiences but I feel deeply for this young man. | I would Iike to call your atrention to|do_not -ask. for a severe nor _cruel {the verdict of the jury. cqused of | punishkment neither do 1 want a state's .the theft of $1,600 worth bf jewelry, { testimony showed that $1,200 to $1.300 ) viing' man’s first offense. | worth had been taken and the jury| -’ . 4 | finds King guiltyof stealmg 3270 worth. They found him guflty on| “Mr. Douglass took the floor again, pawned | saving that the jewelry firm stands neutral and will be fully satisfled with whatever sentenice this court imposes. iinvolved In mystery. I don't know | Before this case was tried, I realized how either of the two men cou'd have | the extraordinary circumstances purboined the goods. He stands be- | the case. I'went to Mr. Searls and fore the court charged with stealing mke} of retmbursing the losers for his own confession that he $270 worth of jewelry. $270 worth of gocds. He is a yosng | the s man amd comes-from a good famfiv jand it is his first offense. Theee is| Mr. McEwin was given to understand 2 feeling now in the courts that aftsr !a man has been convicted of a crimo, | €s. ithe court should ‘do comething of ben, efit to him. In the past, a convisted | <Just as the town clock was striking man’s spirit was broken. It Wi wot|eloven p'clock, Judge Reed sald to the do 9 break his spirit, although some | assused, “Stand up!” He thefl~spoke punishment must be given, for his|as follows: life will-be ruined, He has lived in|. “The embaraSsment of the situation has been transferred from the court to me, and it becomes my duty to impose | this commupity for ten vears and AND WITHOUT PROBATION/| §iF ¥orkins in his fa Attorney Searls Will Not Favor Sel~[tad dier More Than Civi wis - | State's. Attorney Searls said: “T'his is a very peculiar case. It is Judge Reed Imposes Sentence. §Cleanse” if you wish to immediately double the beauty of your hair. Just moisten a cloth with Danderine and = ‘@raw it carefully through your hair,| %% the takipg one small strand at a time; this will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or any excessive oil—in a few minutes | 32 you will be amazed. Your hair will | be wavy, fluffy and abundant and po: sess an incomparable softness, lustre and luxuriance. | application of. Danderine _dissolves every particle of dandruff; invigorates {the scalp, stopping itching and falling 'vegetation. It goes right to the roots. E invigorates and strengthens them. Its| Notice Received From Camp Devens exhilarating, stimulating and life-pro- —Cause Not Stated. ducing properties cause the hair to igrow long, strong and beautiful. | - You can surely have pretty, soft, !ustrous hair. and lots of it, if you wil spend a few cents for a bottle of Knowlton’s Danderine at any diug|Clerk F. P. Fenton Monddy morning store or tollet counter and try it as directed. stated. The men and the dai GLOSSY AT ONCE I [SAVE YOUR HAIRI ALL DAN- J DRUFF GOES AND HAIR Rt e S t Yyou to go free. If you STOPS COMING OUT are placed on probation, you will enter ey the army, but this action will have & Surely try a ‘“Danderine Hair | Pad effect on this country, without probation.” When sentence was imposed Besides beautifying the hair, one | 21d Sat doWr adjourned at 11.08. hair. Danderine is to the hair what fresh showers of rain and sunshine are to ELEVEN MEN DISCHARGED. Save your hair! Keep it looking | they are discharged is as follow: | charming and beautiful. You will say | Clitus M. Martin, Willimantic, Oct. this was the best money you ever|13. John Busl spent. 18. Julius Hours—9 a. m. t0 & . nu. Telephone JAY M. SHEPARD Octave L. Coutu, Moosup, Oc: Succecding Fimore & Shepard J. Allas 20. 60-62 North St, Willimantic |, — Lady Assistant Tel. connection . CITY COURT CASES. with intoxication and breach of Removed to 715 Main St, Willimantic | peace, and Thomas Zlinkas was charg. Fhone 44 | €d_with selling liquor to a minor, The spectators’ gallery was crowded, probably from Interest in the Zlinkas case, which was taken up first. Attor- HIRAM N. FENN niey Danahey acting for the UNDERTAKER ccused. and CMBALMER | Mr. Danahey said that this was the 62 Church St, Willimantic, Ct. first otfense and the bartender had Tady Assistant | $old the liquor to an adult, who was {n,uy Bueiness men. of the community |- afe’ working in his favor. 'The ca be- piaced on probation and then el e : 15wad. to return to the army, where he M. Douglass Fer Leniency — Siate 1 ‘eccupy the same podition as lio Bétore being faken out of it. He bas shewvn -that he is a.man by enlist- ing: spd ke may be called n!;ny.gm A criminal session of the Wind'sen | L9 Jcave this country, never to T Coungy Buperior court was held In 2s ad ngver to seo hia parents again I sity Monday morning with Judgo.doel | ¥ tafr ing. e, himselt and if he does. not take Shi5 cco"betore iho "eouri es thag|UNs Wliarco, lot thy ‘court take \of Clarence A. King of Putnam, re- 3 cently declared guilty of theft in nam by a jury. Sentence was not. posed, since a motion was made that he bo given a chance to re- “There ak the [/1s:mc- doubt in the justice Of the ver- time that the verdict be set aside. Tht l_ill:% of the jury, the young man s court lasted about half an hour ang a £ the close of the session. in which only State’s Attorney Searls and Attorney n Roredick M. Douglass of Norwich, for |'udtion .is “peculiar; 1 recognize the the accused and Judge Roed spoke, |sfierit of the volunteer enlistment, but King was sentenced to nine months/ in Brooklyn Jail. B difierenice between a man in the army After the ‘court had boen opened,|snd @ givilian. There is a strong cur- rent of public opinion in his neigh- guilty ana the only question now be- fére the court is to the extent of the punishment of the offender. The sit- to_allow him to go would establish & prison sentence enforced, as tiis is the ‘. Lasses Would Be Made Good. len - articles but this offer was decliled, as he favored a conviction, that he will be reimbursed for his loss- a sentence upon you. You have been found guilty after a fair and exhaus- ¥ o ' tive trial with able counsel defending i . i you. A sentence must be imposed by law for the punishing of crime and it Is a situation which I would like to avoid. A jury has found you guilty of the theft of $270 worth of jewelry, B the figures probably being suggested 2 by yeur counsel. The story of your connection in the case, you will admit, | sounds improbable. You are an in- telligent young man and you should have known better. I take into consid- eration this is your first offense and IT BECOMES BEAUTIFULLY SOFT, ; fioe Sialdcla the Jast one 5 hl“n"l ooked at the petitions, in general, WAVY, ABUNDANT AND which was prepared by your friends rour home town and I don't care to. ntiment in your favor asks for a bty e o or " in Ziinicas' 8 Toon. Vonks adeneed pever atlowed. o nors around his saloon. Counsel re- quested that the wiinimum sentence of $10 and costs be given. Judge F. H. 0ss_imposed a fine. of $10 and cost ‘Joséph Lamphréy's case - wan- taken up and he pleaded gulity to both charges. ~Peter Stancereau, thc accus- ed's father-in-law was. the frst.wit- ness. He was working sn the mill whon 50me one requested that he go to the home of 'his davghter, who Ived in! the basement of his house, Lamphrey came out to meet him, saying, “Pi I'm going to punch you,” ani he' di her. s Lamphrey asked to -be let off, has Job and this was the first time that-he had been arrested and the | fee was Arst ihat he was before the court. He was fined $1 for intoxication and $2 for breach of the-peace. The fines were remitted and he was placed on proba- tion for three months. The costs of $7.60 to be paid by him. € WEDDING. Chartier—Vanasse. city, both relatives. was served at the home of the bride sister, Mrs. Edith Lamoureux at ‘12 avenue. Had Target. Practice. afterncons in November. Thrown From Wagon at Storrs. Hand-Bag. its contents by parcel post.’ Wrecked Car Towed Away. through this city’ Monday afternoon, when found by State Policeman il sentence, but I don't want to sen- tence you to state prison and I don't “I have balanced up the _eircum- stances and have decided on a sen. ténce which will be fair to you and ublig, which the courts repre- sent. You will be punished and your friends will be punished, although they don't deserve it. I impose a sentence nine months in the county. jail, King swayed slightly but caught himself and'sat down with some friends who He was taken to Brooklyn jail about 1120 by Deputy Sheriff Fitts. Court Eleven men have been discharged from Camp Devehs from this district. The official papers Were received by and the cause of the discharges is not that ‘Willimantic,” Oct. owosiski, Willimantic, Oct. 38, Richard A. Doyle, Sterling, Oct. 18. Louis J. Champaign, Moosup, Oct. 18. . An- thony Pratt, Wauregan,»Oct. 20. Hen- , Moosup, Oct. 20. Pearl L. “hamberlain, South Windham, Oct. 20. ‘\ Fmflalflirectmafldflmhalmer Cornelius ¥. Shea, Willimantic, Oct. TR Fine For Selling Liquor to Minor— DR. F. C. JACESON | outolss ols of imoxiension DENTIST e Jozorke Eamipires ~ was charged Murray's Boston Store WILLIMANTIC, CONN. Gombiné Patriotism and Pleasure by Knitting for the Soldiers 2 Once upon a tinfe when we saw a woman knit we decided she was “cn in years” and “setllad.” But that was all long ago. Nowadays there is no daughter of Eve too young or too old to be right in the fashion. The air faily hums with the click of busy needles.. Here is your chance. The soldiers are going to need all sorts of things—Sweaters, Mufflers, Mittens, Socks, Wristlets, Etc. = We have the wool, and a good supply of it, including khaki, grey and blue, also a complete line of needles and bags at the lowest possible figures. THE H. C. MURRAY CO. Bridgeman. Fire on Blackemith Shop Roof. ting_to $19 which was 1d, s Caine » wan- then Lamphrey - supports his - family régu- larly, working in the Thread - Com- s;“y- dressing room. He seldom gets ink. ‘His wife testified that he did not hit Spréng street to over forty guests. Mr. and Mrs. Chartler léft on ths noon express for Boston where they ' wi spend their honeymoon. Upon_their |short visit with relatives. return they will reside at 38 Maple Somé of the members of the South Coventry Home .Guard held their first target practice at the rifle range near the Willimantic river just outside of this city. The rest of the company{broke his arm in two places while at- will shoot on_the first two Saturday|tempting to crank a touring car own- Arthur Kimball of Storrs college was thrown from a wagon in Storrs, Mon- day and cut about the face and bruised in ‘many places. He was attended by Dr. Girouard at St. Joseph's hospital. Danielson Woman Rewards Finder of Albert Dansereau of Arnold’s lane is $2 richer for returning the bag of Miss Ada M. Buckley of Danielson. for she | Curran. notified Chief Killourey to t#2ke two dollars out of the bag and give it to the finder and to send the bag and|per cent. increase in wages will go The wrecked Ford which flgured in the accident near Franklin Fridvy ev- ening when Samuel B. Casseday of Sprinzfield, Mass., was killed passed being taken back in a big auto truck. The car was in the same condition as of ‘Teachers’ day, school was closed for viaiting day. MOOSUP Magquerads Danee Wail Attended— Navy Side Leading in Contest—Ac- cidente—Haltowe’sn Social — E ‘worth Leagus Holding Sunday Eve- ning Services. The masquerade dance held in Mil- was wall 3 the of sandwiches, cake, cookies and cof. . A 'Victrola furnished music. Navy Contestants Leading. ‘The membersh; held in"The Methodiet Ehurch rosulted i o Victory for the Navy, Sunday, by a 165-mile lead. Keen interest is be- e Sda: a a5 “been on. for e the total mileage stands, o and cighty miles lead for the Navy ‘Albert ‘Chartier and Miss Belle L.|side. A large face to a clock Vanasse were married at St. Mary's|has been constructed and placed at church Monday morning at S o'clock, | tire rear of the auditorium. The clock by Rev. Ludovic Paradis. The attend- ants were Raymond Generous of-Hart- ford and Miss Arise Vanasse of this|each Sunday. face is six feet in diameter and is used in recording the number of miles Miss Ruth Hatffeld, who recently Followi the ceremony a breakfast|was operated on for appendicitis at erved at t o the Day-Kimball hospital, Putnam, xaining steadlly. Her case was an ex- tionally serious one. iddie Zercier ieft Sunday morning for Lange Gardian, Canada, to make a Edward ‘Bilodeau, among one of the companies recently transferred from Camp Devens to New Jersey and serv- ing as a clerk spent a short faflough at hls home here Sunday. He expects to leave for France soon. ® Boy Breaks Arm. Sunday morning Louis Deforge ed by Herbert Barber. The boy was taken to Dr. Fountaine by whom his &rm was set. Mrs. Arthur Gauthier broke the cord of her knee recently as the result of a fall in her yard in the Kiswaukée Village. The fall occurred about three hundred feet from the house and Mrs. Gauthier was compejled to crawl from that distance into the house, when she obtainetd help from some of the neigh. bors. £ Lillian Crooks of Plainfield spent Sunday at the home of Miss Helen ‘Wage Increass. It has been amncunced that a ten into effect the first of November in the Cranskammill plant on Main street. Joseph Zercier and family motored to Worcester Sunday and called at the home of Mrs. Emma Brodura, who is_very ill. Edwin Lyon of the . §. Naval Re- serves spent a short furlough at his home on Main street over the week- end. ‘Willlam LaRoche of Hope, R. I, has visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ‘W. LaRoche. . LaFrance made a business trip to_Boston Monday. Engine Company, No. 1, was called | Horedore Fregeau of Taftville spent out Monday morning to the blacksmith | Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mre. shop of John O. Treaudeau at 43 Bank | U. LaFrance. street. The blaze was on the roof and was caused by a small chimney fire which was quickly put out. FUNERALS MONDAY. Burial of Two Men Killed at Railroad Crossing. Hallowe'en Social. - A Hallowe'en soclal was held at the home of Rev. W. C. Darby Friday eve. ning. The different rooms in the par. sonage were decorated with paper fa- vors in the shape of brooms, witches and other emblems. The evening was pleasingly ‘spent in playing pam Doughnyts, cake and pickles were The two men killed in' the accident|served with delicious caffee. Bob- at the New Haven railroad crossing on the Columbia road were buried Mon- day afternoon. . Services for Louis Prue were held at his home at 9 Ravnes court, in the morning with a requiem high mass at St. Joseph's church, Rev. J. J. Papil- lon officiating. Burial was in the fam- fly_lot in St. Joseph's cemetery. Services for Charles Clark Wheaton were held at his home at 45 High street. in the afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Rokert S. Moore of the Methodist church officiating. Burial was in Willimantic cemetery. Gertrude Bernard. The funeral of Gertrude, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ber- nard of 27 Temple street. was held Sunday afternoon at 2.30. She died on Saturday at midnight of infantile trouble. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery. é Annle Luckio. Funeral services for Annie, the in- bing for apples from the door casines furnished amusement for many. The social was largely attended. Mrs. W. C. Darby is visiting rela- tives in New York state. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Main, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Main and Miss Jessie Bab- cack were visitors in Woreester Sun- day. The trip was made in T. E. Main's touring car, driven by Fioyd Main, Epworth League Meeting The Epworth League of the Metho- ‘dist church has commenced regular Sunday evening services. A young people’s cholr, arranged for the meet- ings to be held during the winter, in- cludes: ~ Winifred ers, Mildred Whitehead, Dorothy and Alice Salis- bury, Annie Asal, Helen Gardiner, Ju- liz Lyon, Bella Howard and Morris Lewis, Roy Evers, James Howard, Irv- .‘ng{ Tyler. . and Mrs. C. D. Parker spent Sunday with friends in Warwick, R. 1. James Ward of Greenfleld spent the fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter| week-end at the home of Miss Helen Luckio of 57 Chapman street were held at her home, Mondav afterhoon at 3 o'clock. The child died Sumlay morning from pneumonia. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemete: Ernest Butler “Over There.” A card ‘has been received from Er- nest Butler, who is somewhere in Eng- land. He says that the vovage was rough at times but he was not sea. sick. They like the country, and he avolded one of the chief difficulties when he changed his meney into Eng- lish money. All mail that is sent to him_goes at the same rates as mail in this countr: High School German Society Mests. A meeting of the Die Besserung was held at the High School, Monday morning. The prozramme was given entirely by members of the freshmen class and was as follows: Piano solo, Miss Magdalin Moriarty: recitatios Grace Godard: piano solo, Miss Min. nie Mandill; vocal solo, Francis Da- itation, Miss Johnson: piano duet, Misses Jackson and Phelps; reci- tation, Miss Susie Beebe; piano solo, Miss Briggs: recitation, Thomas Al- bro; piano solo, Miss Starr; violin solo. Ralph Gibson. The programme was unusually fine and the solos by Miss Davis and by Ralph Gibson were applauded for quite a little time, Miss Davis giving an encore but Gibson could not do EVERYONE LIKES THIS COLD CUR “PAPE’S COLD COMPOUND” ENDS A COLD OR GRIPPE IN A FEW HOURS Your cold will break and all grippe misery end aftér taking a dose of “Pape’s Cold Compound” every two hours until three doses are taken. It promptly opens clogged-up nos- trils and air passages in the. head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache. diliness, fever- ishness, zore throat, sneezing, soreness ana stiftnos: Don't stay stuffed-up! _Quit blowing and_snufing! Wase your throbbing head—nothing eire in the world gives such prompt relief as "Pape’s Cold Compound,” which costs only a few cents at any drug store. It acts with- out assistance, tastes nice. and causes no_inconvenience. Accept no substi- tute. Curran. A Close Cail. Sunday the 10.25 train barely miss- ed a Baxon car owned and operated by Mr. Caron of this village. Mr. Ca- ron, not .poticing the oncoming train, attempted to cross the raliroad on Main street. The engineer blew the whistle and threw the brakes, while the owner of the automobile speeded his engine and just crossed the rails as the train went by. A letter addressed to Dr. E. E. Wil- liams is unclaimed at the Moosup post office. Mr. and Mrs. David Larose and fam- ily motored to Putnam and surround- ing places Sunday. STAFFORD SPRINGS Chicken Thieves About—8cheol Enu- meration Shows Total of 1224—Dr. F. L. Smith and Family Meve to Vernen. Chicken thieves are again operating in this section. W. D. Graves had ten chickens stolen early Sunday morning. F. H. Plumb has completed the enu- meration of schoel children in the town of Stafford. The total number is 1224, a gain of 68 over last year. John' Connoy of Holyoke vikited frignda in town over Sundsy. Several Stafford men who are in Camp Devens, were home over San- The town school comomittes held a meeting at the lbrary building Mon- day evening. Move te Vernon. Dr. F. L. Smith and family moved to Vernon last week. Dr. Smith has practiced medicine here for the past 40 vears and many friends were sorry to have him lea: town. RECEIVER FOR NATIONAL d General Manager is Charged With appropriation of Funds of Town of Johnaton. Providence, R I, Oct. 20.—The Na- ‘onal Silk hosiery’ of Johnmston was aced in the hands of a receiver today the petition of town officials. The Petitioners set ferth that Willlam Bur- ton, general manager of the plant and town treasurer, who is being sought on & ovarrant charfing the misappropris- tion of town funds, had abandoned his duties and that the assets of the com- puny are likely to be impaired. Alabama is the fifth state to en- franchise wo; since 1917 Y Sportsmen Get Goed Bage of Game— Ledn Subsoriptions ‘Reach Fine Total of $116,000—Local Man Subsoribes $22,000. Jobn Krauss and John Bradford, lo- cal sportsmen, were well rewarded af- ter hunting all day Monday, bringing home three handsome pheasants, two two rabbits and two squir- pheasants received special birds and one female. The results dtsplayed In TOTAL BONDS $110,000 Big Subscription of $27,000 is An- PIOILLL A Used every weekday-Brings rest on Sunday the day's shoot were ercier's window. ¢D§NM» Local people were . pleasantly sur- prised Monday morning when Cashier First National bank made known that Plainfleld had far surpassed its minin $100,000 in the second Liberty Loan um allotment of cuNDAy. O <RIDAY XU Ru,u_ through a subscription of $22.000 received Monday morning from & local man. The total amount sub. scribed to Liberty bonds is now $110, 0400, raised by Plainfleld people with = little help from Central Viilage. onal Mention. William Nolan, a first class yeoman stationed at the Detail Broadway, New York, has returned to that city ‘after spending Sunday and Monday_ with bis parents, Mr. Mra. John Nolan. Mr. and Mrs, Eugene Lambert have returned to Taftville after spending the week-end at Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. S. soclety of St. chureh will give a Hallowe'en social in ‘Parish hall, Wed. evening. Candy for sale. Admission 15 cents.—adv. H. G. Hopkins of Providence spent Monday here. George Babeock, local station agent, Is_off duty on a few days' leave. The Glee club of the Congregationa; church has decided to present another of sugar and of butter, to bring about Diminish Use of Wheat Floor. “He is not asking us to pursue a plan of starvation. other grains may breads, and diminish the use of wheat Vegetablo oils may be where now we use anipal fats. Sugar may be restricted uni great supply, and we liave vegetables in great abundance, potatoes, fish and fruit, so that we can have an elaborate bill of fare without an: tion of either nutrition or o2 comfort-. able living. “Congress has not given authority to Tldover to restrict by law consumption of food. The government can compel and has adopted a system of control, by draft, military service. It compels the payment. of taxes, bu it relies upon the patriotic and vol- untary action of the citizens to help in this great war in two. most im- By taxation it can only rafsc one seventh or one eighth of the money which it needs. depend_upon borrowing from the people, voluntary, loans. one bundred be usea for real depriva- our aid by many people are the need to be 8o acute. In this the: ure greatly mistaken. The govern- |guests, Mrs. M diers, though of course we ought not portant respects. TAFT GIVES KEYNOTE IN “SAVE FOOD” DRIVE (Continued from "Page One.) the German preparation for war, Mr. Taft took up his plea fcr conservation in the United States as follows: “We are ralsng an srmy youth of the country between ages of 18 and 31. will be two million. to five million. and that means by The success of the first Liberty loan and the success of the second Liberty loan indieates that this trust of the people has not been We have never in our his- tory had to resort to enforced loans. That is what Germany is doing today, in a very considerable part of the loan she is now making. Avoidance of Waste. “This conservation of duction in its consumption and avoid- congress has not vet made compulsory ‘in thé individual. ot vet entrusted any Its first number we are allled? It It will increase We ere ralsing and sending two billions of dollars before July 1, 1918, to pay, feed and equip the army and navy. But this money will not buy food for the army and navy unless we have it to sell to the government. Our Boys Must Have Food. “Our soldiers cannot Gold s indigestible. have the food that will bear trs They must haye the food that nourishment ance of waste, Congress has what you and I eat, but In the exizen- cy of war this may become necessary. It has become necessary in Germany, in France and in Engiand and in other Our government trusts to the patriotic, vcluntary action of the people in securing the necessary econ- cmy in the consumption of food. May she mot do this? It we respond and act upOn Sugges- tions and follow the lea& of Mr. Hoo- ver as the great food with _his wide experience in Belgium and France, then no such measures need be adopted. ample food for us all in this country to serve our armies and to aid our al- fes if we consume only that which is not useful for our army and cannot aid our allies. Very Little is Asked of Us. “It is very little that is asked of us. We are not. requested to get down in the trenches ana expose our lives. We are not subjected to the privations that the boys who are being sent over It does not take physi- cal courage to withhold one's from the consumption of butter wheat bread or meat or sugar. takes a little moral strength, thai it is a moral strength that if twice or three times wrill create a habit and then it will be no sacrifice at all. the will but the attention and the in dustrious following of the rules suj gested by Mr. Hoover. alertness to the object to be attained and a clear intelligent appre- clation of the necessity Our imaginations must be fired o sppr us to the required resolution. Economy in Ui “We must feel that every pound of butter that we eat is taken out of tht mouths of our brave boys at the front, of our brave allies in a nearly starved condition in Irance, in Italy We must get over our sense of the remateness of the war. We must feel in touch with the suf- fering of those who have been fight- ing for us for three years. feel their necessities. ize that gaunt hunger their faces and we must know that Our boys must contains the most strengthen them for their herolc task. It must be carried thousands of miles on land and three thousand miles on It must retain its nutritious value in its carriage and In the ware- bouse from which it will be distribut- d best adapted for this e wheat, the meat. beef sugar and tho fats In pork, and butter and dairy products. Corn. potatoes, vegetables. fruits, fish, do not serve this purpose. Qur army and our allles need from Canada and the United and “elsewhere 600.000.000 burhels wheat to supply their wants. da and we raiee a biillon bushels Normallx, we need 700,000.- 000 of those bushels hetween us for food and for use. 000,000 for export. What Allies Will Need. % with our ~rmy, will need 600,000.000 bushels over and what thev raise themssives. They can get 150,000,000 from India and else- We must manage to send at Teast 450,000,000 bushels. do this we must reduce our consump- tion by 150,000.000. consumption of wheat by 20 per cent. The necessity for sav- ing in the matter of meats and the matter of pork products, in order to increase our exports in those is ever grenter than it is with The need 1s fcr wheut. meat. fats and sugar—we can restrict our diet in these and still have a wide va- Are we going to do it? We propose to do it only by the volun- tary action of our citizen. who is the food conservator. has pointed out these facts to the people of the United States n them to so restrict the! particultr things b yhaving two meat- Jess and two wheatless davs and in the aiminution of the question. conservator, and mutton, poultry and eggs must _endure. This leaves 300,- United States exercised once, it needs not only In order to If we reduce our b Deddy &' D the government in ¥ ana “that of your family in saving your ordinary consumption of food, wheat, meat, fats and sugar up- on the days and In the ways that he | toward the fund. shall indicate to vou by officlal direc- tion and suggestion. If vou fail him, you are not worth: we can do it. for that ob- and England. considering what she secs ever: d_has invited diet, in these We must real- == tares them in| Porto Rico promises a Liberty Bond | to make dail; subscription of $2,000,000. ol cyerywhere, consumption SILK HOSIERY PLANT. when we eat of wheat, meat, fats and ELMVILLE sugar we deprive them of food. When we bring that home to our hearts, when we talk of it In the family, when we project it Into our lives, then the very slight degree of gelf restraint that we should exercise will become a pleasure and not a burden. To Help Our Alli “Of course the chief reason for our |house and reducing the consumption of wheat |the winter with Mrs und meats and fats and sugar in this| Mr. and Mrs. O. Lewts country is to help our allles. If the |daughter FI reason were confincd to the army, it|been guests of Mr: might be easfer to rouse our peo to_its urgent necessity, when we are|West Ru: toid that the people of Iingland and| Mr. ana Mrs. W. K. Ireland and Scotland and Italy ned from their annual Camp Tona Mrs. Alfred Potter has c ne to Dayville e Irons spent the wec d, Mass. Geor, requir Jikely not to feel ment somehow or other must and will | daughier, Barbara .Schroeder, procure the needed food .for the sol- |idence, visited tle Wolf Den Fred Arnold storted Monday by our wasteful consumption make it | «outh, where he il spend any harder for the government to do | ter, ‘But with respect to the peovle | Ir, anda Mrs. Charies S. of our allies, our governmernt is help- | Providence were week-end guests less unless our people as individuals | Airs. Jomes Kent respond, or unless congress Imposes| Mrs, C. B. Wheatley of Providen the iron and rigid rule that comman- | and Mrs. George H. Call of Danieldo: Geers al] the food and doles it out to|visited Mrs. H. S. Call Saturday cach individual citizen by card. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pearl What is of Importance to Us. siSy S Mass anel Sundly S Now what Is the importance to us | " Mrs. Betsy Spears has returned in the war of helping the people, the | poster Center, after o few dave' vis peoples of the countries with which | gith Mrs. Clayton Wright is, first, that their | Migs Clara West spent Saturday in armies who are fighting with our boys | providence. and defending our rizhts may _ be)' ‘Miss Kiitle MeDurmitt fed and so may fight effec- | providence and Newport for the weel tively; and It is, second, that we may |end. keep Up the courage of the peoples of 80 that they may stand firm | Mins Merrifield of W. in fighting out this war until we Win |[ana Mrs. John Dawson of Daniel it. Starvation and privation may break the will of our allies. may lead them | ' Svilllam Hallowell spent Sunday o seek a patche which the kalser and the Prussian military regime may retain their evil Osborne—Brophy. power to bring the world again into such a war as this. Anarchy and ex- tréme - socialism and German bribery [married Manday are all working with the people of our allies to give up .war and declare for a peace such as Germany would wish If we, by furnishing them |furnished apartment. the food th?‘t will mf;lk? life end‘u:g"»l‘p. —— can keep them in their normal state of mind, they will stay with us to tho ONECO end in this struggle for world liberty, — In this defeat of ruthless militarism. | Rov. A. G. Williamson Preaches Fare ‘Hoover has properly said that| well Sermon and L food will win the war. We have the We can furniah it if we will re. A strain within most reasonable limits Gy e of our coneumption of it. Is our pa- [, Ots Remington picked a triotism equal to this? ““Rev. A. G. W Hoover Pledge Card. farewell sermon here last Sunda “Mr. Hoover has asked that you slgn the following pledge, gtving your name | Whe and address: Mrs o the Food Administrator: join you In the service of food vation for our nation, and I horeby accept membership ' in the food administration, | FI1L pledging myself to carry out the rections and advice of the fcod ad- ministrator in my homé, in 8o far as my _circumstances permit. “There are no fees or dues to be This only pledges you to be- come an agent of Mr. Hoover and of | Watrbury.—The local Hebrew relie ur personal lifc | committee in charge of raising Water ry's share ¢ the $10,000,000 p peace under | providence. morning at seph’s Catholic church In bury. s b ccepted a call to Ludbury Eilen Waite returned i Sunday with James Turner on on all There w Harriet dence this week payers this week s no fund has arranged for OLEON ONCE SAID army is an army v’ of American citi- =~ heed e T Eraining HoTianis Narves ntonments, In' the army and ShRter Trom blisters and sore ppots Holland’s nerveg are getting a little | fhioiy oot Every ‘comfort kit frayed, which really isn't remarkable | contaln one >r more boxes Ko0(t s 1hs Wntisepile | powde Shake into the shoes It freshens hézs shouldes. tired. aching, smarting feet Camp Manual advises men {n sborne-Brophy Wedding—Fred nold Leaves For the South. The Elmville coon hunters have r en of Providence C. H. Plke Litch ar daughter Ruth attended the Ellsw: restriction upon our dlet, | Tillinghast wedding In Centra Pattey and family and the Dawley and grar Mr. and Mrs. Stone, Mr. Merritt and rcester_and visited at James Kent's Sunday John_Osborne of Dayville and Mary Jane Brophy of Elmville They will make their home at the Hi Crest house where they have a new \famson preache where he went Monday evening. I am |from visiting friends at Norwood T. Brown and family spent The board of assessors were calling chool Monday Kenyon was in v _(Tuesday) the proceeds of Allen Lilstérs and ore spots. The Plattsburg #e of Foot-Base YOU must always think of our Guarantee on every package of Lucky Strike Ciga- rettes as a direct personal mes- sage from The American Tobacco Company to you-— not a mere business formality. 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